Hello and welcome to iGarden. Anyone who knows me will know that I am 'The Compulsive Gardener' - I love everything about gardening.
Allow me to share some of my enthusiasm and interests in gardening with a focus on the plants I know best and those that do especially well in my own Sydney garden.
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Towards the end of last year, I received from a friend her mother's gardening books, when the mum's house was being cleaned out prior to sale after her move to a different place. It was a lovely gesture, as I had always known her to be a keen and skillful gardener. On one of the books was a Post-It note, scrawled with the message: 'Keep this book - good hints'. The book was F.R. Green's Garden Book, self-published in 1953. F.R. Green was apparently the gardening columnist for the Sydney newspaper ... Read On »
See the full list of what's flowering in my garden this month.
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This is one of my favourite months of the year! Read More »
It's time to buy spring bulbs, though it is a bit early to plant them yet: wait till next month. The nurseries and catalogues are full of tempting bulbs, but it is wise to remember that many bulbs - such as daffodils, tulips and hyacinths - will only flower in their first year in Sydney. This doesn't matter if you are happy to regard them as annuals for an eye-catching show in spring. It is best to put these bulbs in the frig for a few weeks before planting, to chill them. This is necessary to break down certain 'growth inhibitors' that accumulate in the flower and leaf buds when they are formed during summer in these particular bulbs, and which prevent the buds opening. If you want bulbs that will naturalise and flower from year to year, choose from the many South African species and cultivars that do so well here.
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